Suffering And New Life Suffering S o many saints have journeyed this road; No one could make the pathway complete; Now at last He opens the way, Calls us to come, waits for us all; All the host of men and angels Failed to do the will of Heaven; Now the Lord is still awaiting, You alone must answer His call. 1/81/8

Suffering And New Life Glory concealed, He suffers again, Wrongly accused of lowliest crimes, Though His path is thorny and long, Still I must go, follow my Lord; In His presence Eden blossoms, So a dungeon may be Eden; Just to be with my beloved, I’d endure all torture and pain. 2/82/8

Suffering And New Life I give my pledge to go with my Lord; I too shall walk the way He has gone; Though I meet the shadow of death, He is my life, I am His own; Strong desire swells within me, Leading me to go be with Him; In my heart such strong desire: Not a one can stand in my way. 3/83/8

Suffering And New Life Shameless disgrace! You tie Him in chains: Scorning my Lord, you lead Him away, Words and pictures witness your sin; All men shall know, judgment shall fall. Blind officials ridicule Him, Still the high priests mock the Saviour; Do you mean to force upon us Tragedy and suff’ring again? 4/84/8

Suffering And New Life New Life Where are His children who answered the call Of the archangel sounding afar? People who trembled as lightning flashed, Blazing the sky from the East to the West. Dark is the sun, dim is the moon, Thousands of stars falling to darkness; Where are the ones blessed with new life, Liberated from the dead? 5/85/8

Suffering And New Life Now we behold a new Heaven and earth, Holy Jerusalem, standing anew; After our search of six thousand years, Eden rejoices to welcome us home. All of your tears wipe them away; Sorrowful sighs we will not need them; Where is my Lord, He who returns? Where is Heaven’s glorious One? 6/86/8

Suffering And New Life Once He departed by way of the cross, Now He returns and He suffers again; One way is given to meet our Lord: Follow the path to the bottom of hell. Glorious star, Lebanon’s light, Shining on all, lighting the ages; There is the great city of God, Where the sun arises and shines. 7/87/8

Suffering And New Life Come in rejoicing and look to the light, See how the darkness is rolling away; Out of the few come a multitude, Joyfully building the city of God. Children of life stream through the gates, Close to His heart, singing to please Him; Raising the white cross to the sky, Praising our eternal new life. 8/88/8